Macedonian Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski met again with the influential Republican diplomat and ally of Donald Trump - Richard Grenell, BGNES reported.
Their previous conversation was held in the month of July in Washington in the month of June. Under Trump's tenure, Grenell served as director of US National Intelligence, ambassador to Germany and US special envoy for negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina.
At both meetings with Mickoski, the economy and investments in the energy sector of North Macedonia were discussed. However, this time, for the first time, a specific project is mentioned - possible American participation in the construction of the Chebren HPP, which has a strategic importance for the country's energy independence.
"Current events in the Western Balkans were also discussed at the meeting. The importance of preserving peace, security, stability and deepening relations and cooperation between the countries in the region was emphasized. Special emphasis was placed on the relations between the USA and North Macedonia, as well as on the possibilities for their further strengthening," the Macedonian government press service reported.
BGNES recalls that Grenell is a close confidant of Donald Trump and actively maintains excellent relations with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
In 2012, Grenell served as the foreign affairs spokesman for presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign and was the first high-ranking Republican to publicly announce his homosexual sexual orientation. Grenell was one of 131 Republicans who in 2013 signed a same-sex marriage initiative to the US Supreme Court. He participated in several Republican administrations as a civil servant. He also had a consulting company in which, in addition to the Hungarian government, he listed Iran, China, Kazakhstan and other countries as clients.
Richard Grenell is involved in Trump's son-in-law Jarrett Kushner's massive investment plans in Serbia.
In mid-May of this year, the Serbian government approved an agreement with Kushner for the construction of a luxury hotel on the site of the former complex of the General Staff of the Southern Army in Belgrade. The Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Goran Vesic, signed an "Agreement on the Revitalization of the Complex of the Former Federal Secretariat of National Defense" with the company Affinity Global Development.
The headquarters was struck by NATO in 1999 when the Alliance conducted Operation Allied Force against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Belgrade was forced to end its brutal repression of Kosovo Albanians and withdraw its military and police forces from Kosovo. The complex was declared a cultural heritage site in 2005. I BGNES
